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Taranaki Snapper wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 9:46 am Dr. Fauci's Little Map of Horrors...

Niegs wrote: ↑Thu Dec 16, 2021 6:01 pm Not sure if should be NSFW, so spoilering just in case. No nudity or anything, but Pornhub's map of the US with the most often used search term per state. WTF, Idaho!?

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GogLais wrote: ↑Thu Dec 16, 2021 7:00 pm

Can we all laugh at North Carolina?

Niegs wrote: ↑Fri Dec 17, 2021 3:11 am Older, but would be fun to see these updated and with other countries.

Lemoentjie wrote: ↑Fri Dec 17, 2021 1:40 pm Icelanders can't go anywhere that isn't surrounded by snow...

Lemoentjie wrote: ↑Fri Dec 17, 2021 1:40 pm Icelanders can't go anywhere that isn't surrounded by snow...

NeilOJism wrote: ↑Thu Jan 27, 2022 7:04 am Isn’t Barsetshire of Archers fame supposed to be nearer Worcestershire than Hampshire, or am I imagining that factoid from the prole characters’ brummie / wezcunree hybrid burr..?

duke wrote: ↑Thu Jan 27, 2022 7:41 am

NeilOJism wrote: ↑Thu Jan 27, 2022 7:04 am Isn’t Barsetshire of Archers fame supposed to be nearer Worcestershire than Hampshire, or am I imagining that factoid from the prole characters’ brummie / wezcunree hybrid burr..?

Borchester is Archers - shows up in Worcestershire along with Ambridge (/Archers geek mode).
I think Barsetshire is linked to Trollope’s Barchester Chronicles which were based on Salisbury

Marylandolorian wrote: ↑Thu Jan 27, 2022 4:20 pm Looks like you guys eat a lot of shrooms in Scotland.

Biffer wrote: ↑Sun Jun 19, 2022 7:33 am I’ve never seen anything relating to Outer Hebrides independence.

inactionman wrote: ↑Sun Jun 19, 2022 9:17 am

Biffer wrote: ↑Sun Jun 19, 2022 7:33 am I’ve never seen anything relating to Outer Hebrides independence.

I worked with a girl from Shetland and it appears a number of people on the islands view Holyrood in much the same way the nats seem to view Westminster (although I'm aware there's plenty of nats on the Islands). It's certainly not an active independence movement though.

As an aside, she's the first person I've spoken to from Shetland and at first I just couldn't place her accent - not quite Dutch, not quite scandi, not quite Eastern European (yes, certain words did sound Eastern European), but very much 'not Scottish'. it's not surprising there's a fair bit of Scandinavian in there but it's very, very different to what I expected.

I'm also not surprised Yorkshire's on the map.

Biffer wrote: ↑Sun Jun 19, 2022 9:35 am

inactionman wrote: ↑Sun Jun 19, 2022 9:17 am

Biffer wrote: ↑Sun Jun 19, 2022 7:33 am I’ve never seen anything relating to Outer Hebrides independence.

I worked with a girl from Shetland and it appears a number of people on the islands view Holyrood in much the same way the nats seem to view Westminster (although I'm aware there's plenty of nats on the Islands). It's certainly not an active independence movement though.

As an aside, she's the first person I've spoken to from Shetland and at first I just couldn't place her accent - not quite Dutch, not quite scandi, not quite Eastern European (yes, certain words did sound Eastern European), but very much 'not Scottish'. it's not surprising there's a fair bit of Scandinavian in there but it's very, very different to what I expected.

I'm also not surprised Yorkshire's on the map.

Shetland and Orkney having people advocating for independence I’m aware of. Outer Hebrides I’ve never heard of. I’m well aware there’s a lot of detachment and the Central belt is as far away from London for many island and highland communities, my father was from Lewis so I do follow it.

But I might make so bold as to say lumping Shetland in answer to something said about the outer Hebrides demonstrates the problem.

inactionman wrote: ↑Sun Jun 19, 2022 8:59 pm

Biffer wrote: ↑Sun Jun 19, 2022 9:35 am

inactionman wrote: ↑Sun Jun 19, 2022 9:17 am

I worked with a girl from Shetland and it appears a number of people on the islands view Holyrood in much the same way the nats seem to view Westminster (although I'm aware there's plenty of nats on the Islands). It's certainly not an active independence movement though.

As an aside, she's the first person I've spoken to from Shetland and at first I just couldn't place her accent - not quite Dutch, not quite scandi, not quite Eastern European (yes, certain words did sound Eastern European), but very much 'not Scottish'. it's not surprising there's a fair bit of Scandinavian in there but it's very, very different to what I expected.

I'm also not surprised Yorkshire's on the map.

Shetland and Orkney having people advocating for independence I’m aware of. Outer Hebrides I’ve never heard of. I’m well aware there’s a lot of detachment and the Central belt is as far away from London for many island and highland communities, my father was from Lewis so I do follow it.

But I might make so bold as to say lumping Shetland in answer to something said about the outer Hebrides demonstrates the problem.

How so?

I'm a recent émigré with as much interest in the matter as an average man in the street, and I'm certainly not setting any policy. What I think of the matter isn't really a problem any which way.

I mentioned Shetland purely as I have actually discussed this with someone from that Island. It interested me as many of the issues that were raised were as relevant to my previous life in the West Country of England as to someone from Shetland - counties like Cornwall suffering from a detachment and a fundamental lack of meaningful representation.

To actually address your point, you'd see that someone in Harris would have a fundamentally different view of Holyrood to someone in Orkney? (genuine question, I ask simply as I'd find that surprising - many of the issues and challenges are similar)

Niegs wrote: ↑Tue Aug 02, 2022 1:29 am Most of these I get. Norway... WTF?!



Places where it's illegal to smack your kid:



Interesting...

Niegs wrote: ↑Tue Aug 02, 2022 1:29 am Most of these I get. Norway... WTF?!